Bra fitting help » I don't even know how to put this bra on properly
Ewa Michalak » S Czekolada (351) » 70H 32:11
Issue resolved
Too narrow cup, will try a size up.
Original problem
Please help, so I can take more pictures! This bra is so different from others that I have that I don't even know how to wear it. I scooped and swooped and, well, you see what my right boob does then. Right was supposed to be my smaller boob but I'm not so sure now.
I felt more comfortable letting some boob escape under the wire. I didn't know it was possible to have the side of the boob under the wire. I always have at least 2 cm space between the "wire mark" and where my breast looks like it starts, when bra is off. If possible, the wires are wider than in my other bras (considering that they end lower than Tango's), so the cups must be too shallow, right?
Also, it was way more visible than ever that when I pull my breast up to the cup, my whole upper belly shifts. So I'm using the bra band to hold the loose skin on my belly tight? "Tummy tuck" style. (When I put another bra on I noticed this too, but not so vividly.)
Yeah, so it looks like the cups are too small, at least the right and maybe the left too. But the cups are also wrinkled and I'm not at all sure if I'm wearing it right.
The straps are lenghtened all the way, I don't know what would happen if I tightened them.
Edit:
This morning's photo shoot is done, results in photos 2-12. I tightened the straps a little. I think both breasts are quadboobing. After I took the bra off the underwire marks were slightly on the side of my breast. So I think maybe 0,5-1 cm wider wire is needed.
I keep comparing every bra to Panache Tango II balconnette, because that's what I wear the most. I'm starting to think that its wires are actually not too wide but easily distorted. And this EM S type is not distorting as much so that's why the wires are too narrow on me.
I've always thought my breasts have a narrow root but it's difficult to measure. I don't have so much "underarm fat" but very thin and movable skin around my breasts. I think my breast perimeter is also difficult to measure because of that. I can't tell if the skin is "empty boob" or just skin.
I'm now thinking that either I will exchange for a 32HH or just return this bra. I'm not keeping it because the wires are too narrow and my breast come too close together (see the wrinkle - that's not a nice cleavage). What do you think?
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helpfulMaybe try tightening the straps a little bit for a before/after effect? It may help others diagnose whats going on with your bra.
Updated on February 24, 2013 Flag this
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Thanks, I took some new photos. Read what I think in the main article and comment please :)
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The wires are definitely too narrow for you, I agree! If you don't want to pay return shipping to Ewa, list it on Bratabase. I've heard that EW's sell like hot cakes around here.
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helpfulI can help you with the wire and the bottom of your breast part. Your shape says you are full on bottom, as am I. The reason you may not be able to pull the wire up to your breast is because there is more tissue at the bottom of your breast than the cup would allow. Even if you fit into a cup, there will be wrinkling and gaping down there because your breasts simply don't have room to settle into the molded cup. I have that problem with nearly ever molded bra that I have ever tried.
It also looks like here is another case of Ewas random bands. I have a 28" CH that BARELY stretches to 28" yet it looks like your 32" stretches out to 34". That isn't too terrible in the least and it looks like it sits around you properly. I can't say if going up a cup would help at all.
Updated on February 24, 2013 Flag this
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I'm lucky that I can order returnable sizes from EM. I've only encountered bands that are "normal" stretchy, so I've decided to always try my "usual" size first. The inconsistent sizing is a PITA, but I think its mainly because they use such a variety of materials.
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That makes sense, but it sucks majorly. I'm glad you're able to return if it doesn't fit. I am very jealous of this fact.
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helpfulI think that you have breasts like mine - soft, not so full and with thin, empty "movable skin" as you put it, which makes it hard to wear moulded bras, since your breast tissue just wants to fall towards the center of your chest instead of supporting itself, and that's why you have the quadraboob bulge near the center gore on your cups. I myself have given up on having nice, full cleavage because of this, unless I want to try and tighten the excess skin with tape or something
I recently tried the Fantasie Rebecca T-shirt bra, and it has this "stretch foam" moulded cup that keeps that empty skin in place inside the cups. I wear an H or HH in other brands, but the Rebecca only runs up to a GG cup and I found that it was still OK because the cups were so stretchy.
The only thing with that kind of bra (Rebecca) is that it's fuller coverage, so no cleavage with this bra.
Updated on February 25, 2013 Flag this
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The fun part of this bra that it actually does not feel like my boobs are falling out. It's not as low as it looks LOL It's just too small in the cup.
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Of course, how you feel and move in the bra is the best way to determine that. I can only go off what I see, so that was my guess as to why the cups are too small AND wrinkled. Hope you find better luck with the bra going up a cup size :)
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Deffinitly pull straps tighter and try to pull the whole bra higher on chest. then take new pics and include full profile, bird perspectieve, back shot.
Also make shure you hold the wire in place (in the crease) while scooping.